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It was Pancake Day this week and with my usual organisational skills when I went to make pancakes for dinner on Tuesday, I had run out of eggs. And …

I have been on a bit of a biscuit roll recently (if you'll pardon the pun) and rediscovering all kinds of childhood tastes. I blame that re-run of Nigel Slater's biscuit programme because it's certainly …

I am obsessed with Northern Irish traybakes and home baking. I'm obviously having some kind of childhood regression, homesickness or strong desire to bring such delicacies to a wider primarily English audience. Basically it makes …

I am probably constructed half and half from oats and potatoes if you consider my Scottish and Irish heritage. Childhood days started with oats in the form of porridge and ended with spuds for dinner …

Being organised enough to make my own Christmas pudding this year is fantastic because it's given me the opportunity to make these fabulous festive flies' graveyards (or fruit squares for the more squeamish) with the …

When I was growing up, I associated certain tastes with times of the year. Chestnuts were the taste of celebrations at Christmas when my mum made a gorgeous frozen pudding similar to a Nesselrode pudding …